Bourbon Sausage

I cannot believe how extremely tasty these are…so flavorful and perfectly cooked

Made the sauce as written but ended up with 1/2 lb. Little Smokies and 2 hot dogs (1/4 lb. size/each). Browned both beforehand. Amazingly good for such a simple recipe! But definitely BOURBON DOGS! Was going to give these to my sons during the Superbowl but didn’t want them to fall asleep during the second half!

I made these for an Ugly Sweater party and they were a big hit! I didn’t have any cocktail sauce so I used ketchup and added some minced garlic. As per other reviews, I browned the sausages in a skillet and added the other ingredients. I added an extra shot of bourbon because I love the flavor. They were the first appetizer that was gone and a huge hit!

I mixed everything together and put in a crockpot.

used ketchup and bourbon. it was heaven and very simple to make. I was looking for a long time for a recipe that was quick AND good.

I made this last night. Loved the flavour, but made a few changes based on other reviews. Less sugar, more cocktail sauce, and I ended up using more Southern Comfort than it called for because I made this early in the day, so kept adding more bourbon to thin it out. Also, couldn’t find smokies or cocktail sausages, so I bought breakfast sausages and cut them in half – worked well, but my husband prefers the little guys.

The bourbon taste was too strong so I cooked on a little higher setting for an additional 10 minutes. These were pretty good, but nothing special. Not everything that’s good has to be a 5-star dish.

I use grape jelly instead of coctail sauce, and I can’t find preztel sticks that are up to the task

As previous mentioned, wrap in bacon, have also used turkey dogs, all cut into 1/3 pcs, secure w toothpick and ziplock overnite, bake for 35- 40 min on a parchment lined sheet. Totally the bomb !

Even better wrapped in bacon 😉

Yummy! This is a great dish to throw together at a moment’s notice, so it’s handy to keep the ingredients around for drop-in guests or last minute get-togethers. My nine-year-old DEVOURS it, so I’ve been known to put it over rice, steam some broccoli, and call it dinner. I toss the sugar and cocktail sauce in my mini crockpot on low while I brown the sausages, then I deglaze with the bourbon for a few minutes (to get all the alcohol burned off) before I dump it all into the crockpot. Travels well like that too!

Super easy and Super good! Took anothers advise and cooked sausages in the skillet first browning slightly. Now the dilemma is which tastes better the ones made with Evan Williams or Jim Beam?

This is a good recipe! I am a fan of bourbon, so naturally I liked this sauce. My husband isn’t as much of a fan of bourbon, but he really liked this recipe, too! If you are having trouble with your sauce being too runny, make sure that you drain the bag of smokies before cooking them. Also, allow the recipe to simmer to burn off some of the liquid from the bourbon. I brought the sauce to a boil with the smokies to cook off the alcohol, and then put the burner on medium. When the sauce was the consistency that I liked, I put the burner on low and covered it with a lid until I was ready to serve the smokies.

My bff made these for New Year’s Eve using ketchup instead of chili sauce and meatballs instead of the sausages. I couldn’t stop eating them and asked for the recipe, but forgot to write it down. I was excited to find this version. YUMMO!!

I don’tknow what went wrong, but I made these just as written and the bourbon taste was so overwhelming no one liked them. Could not taste brown sugar or coctail sauce at all.

I didn’t have any luck with these. The flavor was good but instead of a thick sauce as expected, mine ended up sitting in a pool of watery grease and my brown sugar clumped and stuck to the bottom. I added more cocktail sauce (already too sweet to add any more sugar) to try and thicken the “sauce” but it made it even more watery. I did like the additional flavor the bourbon gave them but as written this just didn’t work for me. It definitely needs some tweaks in my opinion.

The flavor was nice, but the sauce was too loose, so I decided to simmer it down. This released ALL the grease, and was hideous to look at. The way to resolve that issue (or to just lower the calories of this dish period) is to boil the sausages for around 30 minutes before draining them and proceeding with this recipe as written, which is what I’ll do in the future. I learned that trick from another recipe on this site 🙂 Thanks for the recipe — these were a hit!

I have to base my review on my friend’s comments. I made a double recipe, but they were gone before I got to try them. I did cut the sugar in half.

Can’t give it any more stars because I found these Just okay. I didn’t add all the bourbon. I used 1/4 c. for each batch, and found that was enough. I did make three recipes of these for a party and they were all gone. I’m not saying it’s bad but it’s not outstanding.

Delicious and simple! I browned the smokies up before adding the rest of the ingredients. After the sauce thickened a bit, I put it all into a small crockpot to simmer/keep warm until we were ready for them. I also added a big squirt of honey mustard and a splash of Frank’s Red Hot. Everyone loved them – even the kids. My husband is already begging for more. He even bought more little smokies at the store today so I have to make them!

Just made these with fresh pork sausage. They are sweet but to die for!!! Served with rice for the sauce. Will definitely make these again. Thanks for a great simple recipe.